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Mullingar Two-Day Comes to a Successful Conclusion

Another very busy weekend for Lakeside Wheelers came to a successful
conclusion on Sunday evening as the curtain came down on the 2011
Mullingar 2 Day. With four separate races, each with three stages,
organisers, marshals and support crews and of course the riders
themselves had a lot to contend with but thanks to the kindness of the
weather gods and the efficiency or the organisaton and management of the
event, everything went well and with the exception of two incidents on
Saturday, everyone got home safe and sound.

There were great
performances from Lakeside Wheelers riders in all four races. Damien
Shaw turned in another fine show, taking second place in stage 1,
winning the time trial and taking over the leaders jersey and finishing
third overall just 41 seconds behind the overall winner. A fine
performance also by Robbie Kenny who finished 13th in the final stage
and 11th overall.

The overall winner of the A1 race was Ryan
Sherlock of Sportactive who timed his break away on day 2 perfectly and
took the time out of race leader Damien Shaw needed to take the win.
Damien had worked extremely hard on day 1 riding from the bunch into the
break that included Lakeside Wheelers Robbie Kenny. This was a
fantastic effort that showed Damien’s impressive cycling ability with
not one rider able to bridge the gap with him.

Damien then added
to his lead with the fastest Time trial on Sunday morning ensuring he
was in the race-leader's green jersey for stage 3. Unfortunately
despite Damien’s best efforts along with fellow team mates John Murray,
Stuart Cox, Peter Rimmer and Robbie Kenny it wasn’t to be and the break
couldn’t be brought back in. Well done to the entire A1-A2 team for
your efforts overr the two days.

Paul Crowley and David Fagan
both gave good accounts of themselves in the A3 race. Paul finished a
very creditable 5th overall, 43 seconds behind race winner Martin Gill
of Wexford Wheelers. Dave finished twenty first overall. Well done to
you both.

There were no fewer than nine Lakeside Wheelers in the
A4 race. This event was full subscribed with a strong field of eighty
riders taking part. The Mullinagr boys performed well and while they
didn't figure in the overall general classification, Ken Berry took 6th
place in stage 1, finishing highest place Lakeside Wheelers rider on GC
in 24th place. Other A4 riders on the Lakeside Wheelers in order of GC
finish time included Charlie Sheridan, Brian Collentine, Damien O'Brien,
Richie Lenihan, Conor Eighan, Mark Monaghan, Paddy Whelehan and David
Bright.

Well done to Paula Murray who finished 4th overall in the
Women's race, behind overall winner Fiona Cooke of Marble City Cycles,
taking a fine 5th place in both road stages and 11th in the time trial.
Sarah Piner was next Wheeler in 14th place overall followed by Muirna
Walsh.

A big thank you to all riders who took part. We hope you
enjoyed your weekend. Thanks also to race Director Joe Duffy, chairman
Shay O'Toole, the army of support crew who drove vehicles, provided
backup support to riders, assisted with administration, marshalled the
routes over the 2 days and looked after the start/finish. Thanks also
to Alice and her team for their expert time-keeping, the commissaires
who kept everything under control on the road, the Gardai and Civil
defence for their excellent traffic management. We musn't forget Noel
Kenneddy from Oscars who kept everyone going with fine fare from Oscar's
restaurant, which went down a treat with everyone, not least when
distributed meals-on-wheels style to marshals and race organisers on the
roads over the two days. Eddie Tyrrell of Grange Motors did a
fantastic job providing support vehicles and organising the driving
support crew - thanks Eddie. The event would not have been possible
without all this fantastic support.